That’s right! I added a fourth column, though technically it’s just Otaku Links, the weekly linkspam post I did throughout 2010. Since I basically have to hang out on social media all day, I run across a lot of interesting things. I’d like to resume sharing them and I hope you’ll enjoy reading them, too!
1. On Beneath the Tangles, guest poster Hana wrote about cosplaying while being Muslim.
2. At Oishii Anime, Chii is blogging 366 Days of Anime School Uniforms. Today’s uniform is from Full Metal Panic.
3. MangaTherapy wrote a remarkable essay on the power of fujoshi in the otaku world. Though I don’t agree that otaku are always male and intrinsically opposed to fujoshi, I think he makes several good points about who holds economic power in the anime and manga world.
4. Proving that there is a Tumblr for every occasion, I present to you: Gunpla Problems. To prevent a few of these, I suggest browsing this Gunpla essentials list put together by redditor goodguydan.
5. Finally, the ultimate time waster: Double K, a comic that imagines Gurren Lagann as a buddy cop story.
6 Comments.
I’m so glad you’re doing this column again – you always find links that interest me. I can’t wait to end the day and dig into Double K!
@Charles,
Old and tired: Double-H
New and awesome: Double K!
Thanks for linking! I did say SOME male otaku don’t like them. I forgot to make it clearer. Heh.
I also realize that there are female otaku that may or may not like the fujoshi too. A problem that concerns me is how the female otaku are often lumped together with the fujoshi when both are completely different.
@Tony, I must have missed that part! When I was reading it, it felt like otaku were male and fujoshi were female. It’s hard to argue that fujoshi aren’t a female group, but I identify as an otaku and all, as you know. It was a quibble over semantics- something we get into a lot when discussing women’s issues. Overall, I was really impressed with your essay, or I wouldn’t have linked it!
Thank you, thank you. I know some female otaku who are not into yaoi/BL in Japan are offended if they were called fujoshi.
The Japanese media reported on the term and bunched all the female otaku into one trope, which is very unfortunate.
I used to think fujoshi meant female otaku, but thankfully, I realized my mistake.
And to think that I was never going to write it (I was happy to share with Charles, but feared it would be too personal/ long/ boring to post). Thank you for linking, and congrats on the job at the Daily Dot!